Eleni Paris, Emil Droga, Sophie Garrigus, and Tyler Heaton
Eleni Paris
- Indie Folk
- Singer/Songwriter
Just having released her first single in 2022, Eleni Paris takes her love for the intimacy of folk music and combines it with the intricacy of an orchestra as she envelopes us in choral harmonies and strings yet grounds us with traditional indie-folk elements.
Originally from the Bay Area, California, moved to Brooklyn, New York in high school, and is now a college student living in Cambridge, MA, Eleni Paris having performed at a few gigs in New York City, is excited to explore Boston’s music scene as well as the greater part of New England.
Emil Droga
- Indie Folk
Emil Droga is an Australian born singer-songwriter. He has been producing and performing music from an early age. His first EP, Take a Breath, was released in 2019, aged 15. The title song for the album was performed as a duo with the American singer-songwriter, Jon McLaughlin. His most recent EP Just Talkin’ is due for release in 2021.
There is a mysterious quality to Emil and his music. He’s a storyteller with richly composed tales to tell. His original and highly lyrical musings reach deep into the soul, revealing a musical sensibility and maturity of thought and feeling which belies his age.
Emil’s debut song, Free, was composed for a school music challenge in 2012 when he was 9 years old. Selected as a standout, the song was orchestrated, recorded, and performed publicly by Emil. The experience changed his life, notably introducing Emil to his now long-time mentor and friend, Bobbie Lee Stamper.
Sophie Garrigus
- Singer/Songwriter
Sophie M. Garrigus is a true multi-hyphenate with talents spanning acting, singing, writing, comedy, composition, and more. Currently enrolled at Harvard, she has crafted her artistic journey with a delightful blend of silly fearlessness and an unwavering passion for discovering the light and levity in life.
Growing up in Los Angeles, a city of creativity, Garrigus was immersed in the world of performance from an early age. She has contributed to many artistic communities herself, cultivating a vast interdisciplinary family and performing everywhere from overseas at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Mira Rose Kingsbury-Lee’s musical “Atalanta” to on-campus improv shows.
Recently, she has been working with the Hasty Pudding Theatricals in an exciting new capacity as a co-writer of their upcoming 2024 comedy musical.
Garrigus has contributed to many artistic communities herself, cultivating a vast interdisciplinary family and performing everywhere from overseas at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Mira Rose Kingsbury-Lee ’24’s musical “Atalanta” to on-campus improv shows.
Recently, she has been working with the Hasty Pudding Theatricals in an exciting new capacity as a co-writer of their upcoming 2024 comedy musical.
Tyler Heaton
- Indie
Ekblad (AKA Tyler Heaton) thanks you for lending your ear.
In 2019, he released his first full-length, “Delft,” which he wrote, recorded, + produced by himself at home in Texas. He had just turned sixteen at the time of its release. in January 2020, he released a series of short geographical vignettes which he made on his laptop whilst traveling. These demoes are entitled “Sketches – Summer ’19.” since then, ekblad has been handling production, mixing, and mastering duties on a few EPs like those of his friends Plant Daddy, Blossy Bonad, and Public Circuit. He also arranged and produced Adair’s EP “4AM Headspace” in addition to co-writing and singing on one of the tracks. Shortly after moving to Boston for college, he began contributing guitar and backing vocals to the psych-pop band Dejima, which has consistently played local stages ranging from Allston living rooms to the common’s paramount theatre. His second record is currently in the works, which he tinkers on in between working on other people’s projects and pursuing a joint degree in philosophy and religion at Harvard.